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Websites like Facebook, TikTok and Reddit. Their toxic algorithms try to make you angry on purpose, to keep you clicking. And watch what your kids are looking at online.

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It’s pedantic, but I wouldn’t blame society as a whole but the few psychos at the top of the pyramid (e.g. tech billionaires, corrupt politicians, etc)

Most of society (+99%) just wants to have their needs met, and when given the proper support are good people. The elite bastards spew so much propaganda and fund things against our interests that a lot of people can’t be their best selves.

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Secure Boot deadline: Microsoft reveals what happens to Windows 11 PCs if you missed the update

It’s kinda funny reading an article where someone glazes Windows as much as this community does for Linux (Mint btw)

It’s obviously biased, but it’s also still surprising to me that the author’s recommendations for incompatible devices were “buy new supported hardware” or “get fucked”. No mention of swapping OS (but that’s “windowslatest.com” for ya).

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The best answer to "when did Star Trek get woke?"

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I’m mainly responding to your quote about new things being against the established order and my view of NuTrek is extremely biased since I mainly get my information from RedLetterMedia but do you think NuTrek ackchyually can sit on its own laurels?

I did watch Picard’s 3 seasons and I think it highlighted pretty well the problems with NuTrek:

  • retconning established lore to the extreme (slavery vis a vis androids is cool with the federation, earth has super drug problems)
  • gratuitous violence (I was disgusted watching the equivalent of SAW with the Borg torture porn)
  • action action action (can’t have any philosophy, gotta have fast paced machinegun phaser shootouts)

I could probably come up with more issues, but it’s been a bit and I’m never rewatching Picard. NuTrek is a far cry from the old thinking man’s trek and is really watered down.

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